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| 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oct 6 | Presentation at Shaikh Ebrahim Bin Mohammed Al-Khalifa Centre for Culture and Research, Bahrain | |||||||||||||||
July 9 |
Hon DLitt from Exeter University Click here & here to read related articles Click here to listen to Ahdaf's speech |
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July 5 |
"Literature as Resistance" with Jacqueline Rose | |||||||||||||||
July 4 |
"Late at the Tate" with Francine Stock | |||||||||||||||
May 25 |
Speaking for al-Mawred, Beirut | |||||||||||||||
May 23 |
Speaking for al-Mawred, Cairo | |||||||||||||||
| May 16 | 'Front Row' review of Caramel (BBC Radio 4) | |||||||||||||||
| May 7-11 | Palestine Festival of Literature. http://www.palestinelitfest.org |
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| APR 24 | Introduces "Genet in Chatilla",
Palestine Film Festival, Barbican, London. http://www.palestinefilm.org/2008/synopsis.asp#14 |
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| APR 18 | Inaugurates the Palestine Film
Festival at the Barbican, London. http://www.palestinefilm.org/ |
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| APR 4 | Conversation at the Alhambra Hay Festival @ 12.00 - 13.00 http://www.hayfestival.com/alhambra/programme-fri.html |
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| MAR 24 | "Nightwaves" 22:15-23:00
(Radio 3) Ahdaf talks about Shamm el-Nesim http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/nightwaves/pip/7jiap |
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| MAR 18 | Gives the Eton Award for best essay on Arab subject, Eton, UK. | |||||||||||||||
| MAR 10 | Keynote address at
the International prize for Arabic Fiction in Abu Dhabi. |
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| MAR 5 | The British International
School in Cairo presents an evening "conversation" with Dr.
Ahdaf Soueif Casbon Hall @ 7pm. |
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| Jan 15 | Lecture titled "There is no 'I' " at the De Burne cultural centre in Brussels | |||||||||||||||
| 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dec 7 | Palestine Solidarity Campaign Christmas Concert |
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| Nov 30 | RHYTHMS OF PEACE CONCERT Click Here. |
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| Nov 15 | SOAS Palestine Society & LSESU Palestine Society: |
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| Nov 8 | Ahdaf took part in Question Time on BBC 1 Click Here. |
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| Jul 4-8 | Festa Literaria International de Parati (FLIP) |
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| June 23 | 4pm: Memorial
to the Iraq War: Ahdaf Soueif at the Nash Room, ICA, London Click Here. |
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| May 21 | 6.30 SOAS - Conversation with Omar al-Qattan,
Haim Bresheeth and Laleh Khalili Khalili Lecture Theatre, Thomhaugh Street, Russell Square, London Click Here. |
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| April 27 | Opened the Palestine Film Festival,
the Barbican, London Click Here. |
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| April 25 |
Chaired the Q&A session following the screening of the film "SINCE YOU LEFT" by Director Mohammed Bakri - at Whirled Cinema, London. Click Here. |
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| April 17 | London Book Fair Seminars - Wicked Issues 2 : A Spotlight on Egypt: Cultural Bridges and the Translation of Arabic Literature Click Here. |
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| March 17 | Helped celebrate Diwan Bookshop's fifth birthday, Cairo Opera House | |||||||||||||||
| March 7 | Book signing at the Diwan Bookshop, Cairo | |||||||||||||||
| 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| November 26 | Attended the Camden Palestine festival
3:00-6:00 pm . This is a celebration of Palestinian culture and an opportunity to update activists on the situation in Palestine. Mian speaker: Dr. Azzam Tamimi. |
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| October 31 | Edward Said Memorial Lecture at University of Warwick UK. Event's blurb. |
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| October 13 | Reading (with
Palestinian poet, Mourid Barghouti) at the Palestine Festival, Manchester. |
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| October 3 | Reading for Wasafiri at the open University. | |||||||||||||||
| August 26 | Reading from her work at the Victoria and Albert Museum. | |||||||||||||||
| April 21 | Opened the Palestine Film Festival
at the Barbican, London. Click Here. |
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| April 6 | A public lecture at the American University of Cairo. Click Here. Photos |
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| March 30 | A public lecture at the American
University of Beirut. Click Here. |
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| March 23 | A benefit for MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians). |
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| February 9 | The Amnesty International lecture at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford. | |||||||||||||||
| 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| September 10 | Addressed the Freshman class of Georgetown University Click Here. |
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| June 24 | Ahdaf Introduced Barones Uddin at the Kufa Gallery on behalf of al-Multaqa al-Thaqafi al-Arabi. | |||||||||||||||
| Words Without Borders will be published in the Autumn. Ahdaf Soueif introduces Hassan Khader and translates his essay "Splinters of Reality and Glass". For Words Without Borders see: Click Here. |
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| Baghdad Burning,
by Riverbend will be published by The Feminist Press, New York in the Autumn. Preface by Ahdaf Soueif. Riverbend's Blogspot is on Click Here. For the book Click Here. |
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| Aprl 26-30 | Ahdaf Introduced Barones Uddin at the Kufa Gallery on behalf of al-Multaqa al-Thaqafi al-Arabi. | |||||||||||||||
| April 22 | The Barbican, London. Inaugurate Palestine Film Festival Click Here. |
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| April 13 | The Lensic Theatre
for the Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, USA. Introduce and Conversation
with Amira Hass. Click Here. |
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| March 29 | Spoke at the Doha Conference on the Novel and History | |||||||||||||||
| March 17 | The Voice Box at the Royal Festival Hall, London. Introduce and Conversation with Helon Habila and Binyavanga Wainana, winners of the Caine Prize for African Writing. For Caine Prize Click Here. | |||||||||||||||
| February 26 | Spoke at the Cairo Conference on the Novel and History | |||||||||||||||
| February 7 | Al-Jazeera interview(Khairu Jalees) with Khaled al-Hroub and Amjad Nasser. | |||||||||||||||
| January | Ahdaf did a reading and discussion at the Cairo Book Fair. This was moderated by Muhammad Salmawi, Editor -in-Chielf of al-Ahram Ebdu. | |||||||||||||||
| Ahdaf held a discussion with the Reading Club in HM Prison, Wandsworth | ||||||||||||||||
